>> > However bog-iron is formed in
>> > the Fen (not strictly possible but then again giant
>> > chaos bats aren't either...)
>>
>> It makes a good story. We need a mythic reason, not
>> chemistry. RW science is for inspiration, not a
>> constraint.
>
>Yea bog iron just seems sooo cool there must be a mythic reason for
>it but I can't think why. In the RW it's formed from mineral run off
>and the iron being produced by bacteria removing the oxygen from rust
>for respiration. It was harvested about once every generation. I'll
>eat cheese and cold pizza tonight and see what dreamtime brings!
How's this?
We already have a dryad so there's a good chance they are other Aldryami present. So lets posit a form of Aldryami which can handle iron, they don't like it but collect it and eat the rust away. To protect the other Aldryami they give it to a local clan in exchange for an oath never to take iron into the bog and oppose anyone who tries to. This only happens slowly so once every few decades the clan blacksmith and priestess of Overdrava visit the bog to renew the oaths and collect the iron. If it suits the story this could happen during the siege....
It also explains why no one has dug up the peat - the Aldryami would object.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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